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Inside Story – Saudi Arabia and Iran: Is trouble brewing?

20/05/2012 – Troops from Saudi Arabia rolled into Bahrain last year purportedly to quell protests but was there another motive, such as a warning to Iran? Iran recently criticised GCC efforts on the Saudi-Bahrain unity proposal. What is the latest escalation in tensions in the Gulf between the two regional heavyweights likely to achieve? (al-Jazeera English)

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15/03/2012 – Qatar’s aggressive stance towards Assad has led to a string of resignations at the country’s al-Jazeera TV news channel. Those who left describe bias at the station which they say has become a tool to target the Syrian regime (Russia TV)

22/02/2012 – Reports of foreign troops burning copies of the Koran has led to Afghan protests outside the main US military base in Bagram. Around 2,000 angry people gathered in front of the complex as helicopters fired flares to try to break up the demonstration. With the crowd chanting anti-foreigner slogans, this incident could be bad for public relations (Euronews)

20/12/2011 – The blog-o-sphere is boiling at the cruel beating of a female protester by Egyptian military police, who continued battling protesters in Tahrir Square on Sunday. The clashes, into their third day now, have left 10 people dead and hundreds injured. ­The video uploaded on YouTube Sunday reveals the extreme cruelty of the country’s law enforcers during the crackdown

22/10/2011 – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has died. He was the seventh of King Abdulaziz Al Saud’s 36 sons, each of whom have had significant and powerful roles within the kingdom. In 1947, his father named him the Emir of Riyadh. He was appointed minister of agriculture in 1953, then minister of transport on 1955, and minister of defence in 1962. Prince Sultan became deputy prime minister in 1982 and was named the heir apparent after his elder brother Abdullah Abdulaziz was crowned King in 2005 (al-Jazeera English)

by Samir Aita on 25/07/2012
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by Marwan Kabalan on 23/07/2012
Last week, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (Al Ikhwan) held its first national conference in 30 years in Istanbul. The meeting brought together leaders and members of the organisation for the ...

by Sultan al-Qassemi on 21/07/2012
President Mohamed Morsy’s visit to Saudi Arabia last week was a success. The fact that the visit even took place is major for the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that suffered ...

by Simon Henderson on 19/07/2012
Over the past ten days, armed clashes have erupted between security forces and protestors along Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast, the home of its minority Shiite population as well as ...

20/05/2012 – Troops from Saudi Arabia rolled into Bahrain last year purportedly to quell protests but was there another motive, such as a warning to Iran? Iran recently criticised GCC efforts on the Saudi-Bahrain unity proposal. What is the latest escalation in tensions in the Gulf between the two regional heavyweights likely to achieve? (al-Jazeera English)